`This fills you in methodically on the background of teaching, including education research on issues such as psychological theory and social aspects - Ruler`The authors have provided an important resource for student study in education. Importantly, it reinforces the necessity of a multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of contested educational process and practices in a contemporary context - Dave Trotman, EscalateIts a paradox of the times that if you take a first degree in education you are unlikely to have much contact with education theory. Todays teacher training is too practical for that. But if your degree is in sports science, drama, philosophy or psychology and the like, it is more than probable that youll be studying an education module. No bad thing, either: most people go through schooling without questioning what is happening to them. Its for this second group that An Introduction to Education Studies, edited by Steve Bartlett, Diana Burton and Nick Peim (Paul